AbacusBio is working to ensure that genetics is accurately represented in carbon calculators, particularly in calculating methane emissions from ruminants. This would allow farmers to account for genetic variability between animals and be incentivised for using genetic selection as a mitigation strategy – without compromising overall productivity.
Buffering New Zealand’s agricultural sector against seasonal variability, rainfall deficits, and downpours is becoming increasingly important, and the sheep and beef sector may be the solution. This is the thought pattern of AbacusBio’s farm consultant Simon Glennie, who said as climate variability continues, the requirement for dairy farmers to have a buffer for annual feed …
Simon is a farm consultant with AbacusBio and one of New Zealand’s top Farmax practitioners. He is known for his ability to identify the needs of individual farming families, before helping them develop a plan that meets those needs.
How to drive genetic gain with no well-trained geneticists, no national database and minimal business infrastructure is a question that makes Peter Amer scratch his head. A recent visit to India and Indonesia created more questions than answers, but it was what he described as a trip of a lifetime and his career highlight to …
As a small and maturing industry, the Australian goat industry has unique requirements for strategic RD&A investments to enhance the productivity, sustainability, and long-term resilience of goat producers and the broader value chain. To support the efficient use of RD&A investment resources, MLA engaged AbacusBio to conduct a scoping analysis to identify investment gaps and …
This report examines the potential consequences—both positive and negative—of allowing genetically modified (GM) maize production and imports in India.
Neville Jopson is an “AB OG” (an AbacusBio Original). The route to AbacusBio Growing up in East Otago, Neville wanted to be a marine biologist, just like Jacques Cousteau on the telly. By the time he was university age, he’d spent enough time on friends’ farms to know that agriculture was his calling.
AbacusBio has launched the world’s first Sustainability Index for plants, helping reduce the environmental impact of growing crops. This innovative tool enables breeding companies to create plant varieties that use less water, lower emissions, and optimize yield, health, and disease resistance.
Some of our favourite apps Dtreo: Dtreo, our flexible, cloud-based recording and analytics system is designed to support breeding programs by creating insights and information from performance data for any livestock species. The platform is suitable for various scales of operation, from single farms and integrated value chains to national programs and can be customized …
Projects we are working on: Sustainability is at the forefront AbacusBio projects. Here are two shining examples of how international collaboration and interdisciplinary innovation have to be at the centre of our future:
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